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貪小失大 (贪小失大)

tān xiǎo shī dà

Definition

  1. penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)

Character Decomposition

貪
=
今
+
貝
小
=
亅
+
八
失
=
夫
+
？
大
=
人
+
一

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